• Forgive us, but wtf is Tamara Mellon doing with Kid Rock? Not helping your "I'm way too good for this gig" campaign, honey. [Page Six]

• Madonna and The Gorillaz are set to open for this year's Grammy Awards. Yay, we love playing "guess which one is a cartoon." [Billboard]

• An Indie Rock cookbook, full of recipes for fat-free pot brownies and a recommended breakfast of diet coke and cigarettes, coming soon to a bookstore near you. [Stereogum]

• Is it just us, or are potheads kind of ruling the world this week? The Bonnaroo vs.Coachella debate is likely to spark dude, yah, hella, bong filled conversations from Vermont to Colorado. [Bonnaroo, ProductshopNYC]

• Even the New York Times is starting to get annoyed with Pete Doherty's all-too-frequent drug arrests. No one really cares if he keeps doing drugs, just as long as those drugs inspire decent music. [NYT]

• Boy George appeared in court briefly to plead innocent to drug charges. This is gearing up to be almost as frightening as the Michael Jackson trial. [AP]

• Gorillaz will deliver their own "Queen's Speech" (whatever that is) on Christmas day. If you just can't wait until then to hear it, here's the full transcript. Thrilling we tell you. [NME]

• While her career is sort of dying, Pink herself is still very much alive. And what better way to remind the world of your existence than to record an album entitled: I'm Not Dead?
[MTV]

• Ryan Adams and Willie Nelson are planning to cut a record. There's just never enough booze and ponytail holders to go around, is there? [Product Shop NYC]

• Like anyone wants to know what John Mayer's offspring will look like. Oh, Cityrag, you always give us nightmares. [Cityrag]

• Looks like David Letterman isn't the only one who needs a restraining order. His band guy Paul Shaffer's wiggin' out now too. [Page Six]